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Nigerian, Kenyan childcare e-commerce startups merge to form pan-African platform
BabyBliss Nigeria brings deep retail and e-commerce experience in Africa’s largest economy, while MumsVillage Kenya, a parental advisory platform that moved into the e-commerce space last ...
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UK savings app Moneybox lands £30m, plans crowdfund
Moneybox, a UK-founded savings and investing app, landed $30 million in a Series C funding round. The London-based firm secured backing from new ...
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US Big Tech builds appetite for startup pie in South-east Asia
US tech giants have made some recent high-profile investments into South-east Asian startups, the latest being Google’s plans to join Indonesian e-commerce player ...
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How an ambitious African startup grew into a global fintech powerhouse
Founded in 2004, the Cape Town-based startup, Mukuru has grown to become a global fintech powerhouse. Mukuru is a remittances-led financial service company. The company ...
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Rise Joins Techstars and Western Union Accelerator
A global mobile-based asset manager, Rise have been accepted into the 2020 class for the Techstars and Western Union Accelerator program. Techstars and ...
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Israel Discount Bank says payments app PayBox not affected by startup folding
Bank Discount bought use of app in 2014 from startup that is now shutting down; users had trouble accessing app after ‘fake news’ ...
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Legaltech startup Orbital Witness scores £3.3M to create a ‘universal risk rating’ for real estate
Orbital Witness, a U.K.-based legaltech startup developing “AI-powered” software to transform the £4 billion U.K. property due diligence market, has raised £3.3 million ...
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Singapore Fintech Association to Give Startups Access to R3 Corda
The Singapore Fintech Association and R3 have entered a partnership to provide startups in the SFA network with access to R3’s Corda blockchain. ...
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Fintech to drive biggest VC exits over next five years
Covid-19 may be having an adverse impact on venture capital investment in fintech, but Steve Sloane of Menlo ventures maintains a bullish outlook, ...
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TradeDepot raises $10 million in pre-Series B equity round
Nigerian based B2B e-Commerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, Tradedepot has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round. According to a ...
